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Indian government orders Internet service providers to ban access to p**n sites
The Indian government has gone back to trying to get Internet service providers (ISPs) to ban p**n sites, a mission it has deemed impossible in the past since a new one pops up for every blocked portal. It’s surprising that the authorities have taken up the issue again since servers on which p**nography is hosted are usually located outside the borders.
At a meeting between high-ranking government officials as well as the Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the subject was raised once again. Prasad reportedly asked all the relevant departments to co-operate with each other to enhance the blocking options at the ISP level itself. But the plan on how to go about doing this sounds rudimentary at best.A big problem which stands in way of cleaning up the web of p**nography is the HTTPS protocol for encrypting data transmission. Speaking in terms of the related rules enforced by the government, viewing pron in private is not counted as an offense, though hosting and transmitting such content is punishable by law.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team says that there are over 40 million p**n websites and the majority of them operate outside our nation’s boundaries. And it’s not like people will find it impossible to visit blocked portals since accessing these through proxy servers is always an option.
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The Indian government has gone back to trying to get Internet service providers (ISPs) to ban p**n sites, a mission it has deemed impossible in the past since a new one pops up for every blocked portal. It’s surprising that the authorities have taken up the issue again since servers on which p**nography is hosted are usually located outside the borders.
At a meeting between high-ranking government officials as well as the Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the subject was raised once again. Prasad reportedly asked all the relevant departments to co-operate with each other to enhance the blocking options at the ISP level itself. But the plan on how to go about doing this sounds rudimentary at best.A big problem which stands in way of cleaning up the web of p**nography is the HTTPS protocol for encrypting data transmission. Speaking in terms of the related rules enforced by the government, viewing pron in private is not counted as an offense, though hosting and transmitting such content is punishable by law.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team says that there are over 40 million p**n websites and the majority of them operate outside our nation’s boundaries. And it’s not like people will find it impossible to visit blocked portals since accessing these through proxy servers is always an option.
Read Full Here
